So last week I found out that Mattias Eklundh, Swedish guitar monster was coming to Australia to do a series of clinics for Laney Amplification. Thanks to Australis Music and Better Music he was coming to Canberra too. I was very excited to hear this as he is one of …
I have been using Twitter for some time now as a social media tool to connect with my readers. I figured it was time though to start up a Facebook page for those who do not use Twitter. To co-inside with the official launch of the Lone Phantom Facebook page …
Brian Wampler of Wampler Pedals has been hard at work on a new distortion pedal, and boy does it sound awesome! The SLOstortion packs all the awesome punch and tone of of the famous SLO 1oo amplifiers in a compact pedal package. With a 3 band EQ, and that famous …
A lot of people will say that when it comes to electric guitars timber doesn’t really matter. Tone comes from the amplifiers, speakers, pedals and pickups. Some will say hardware makes a difference too, and I would agree with that, especially after testing things like the Floyd Upgrades brass blocks. …
Jamie Campbell of The Creamery, a custom guitar and handwound pickups builder, has released some very nice new high output humbuckers, called the Dirty Shirt. The basic configuration of the Dirty Shirt pickups utilise Alnico 8 magnets and the bridge has 13.4K output, while the neck model has 10.6K output. …